Peface : The evolution of crime action profiling --;What is criminal profiling? --;Smoke and mirrors : the illusions of accuracy in criminal profiles --;Rhetoric vs reality : investigating the skills and accuracy of criminal profiling --;The components and processes of criminal profiling --;Defining serial violent crime --;Operational interpretation of the CAP models --;Criminal profiling of serial rape offenses --;Criminal profiling of sexual murder offenses --;Criminal profiling of serial arson offenses --;Offense location patterns : geographic profiles --;Procedural considerations and format guidelines --;Fighting fire with fire --;Understanding descriptive and inferential statistics : a beginner's guide --;Variable and coding tables.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
A compendium of scientific research on constructing a criminal profile for crimes that are not readily resolvable by conventional police investigative methods. It utilizes a distinct approach referred to as Crime Action Profiling (CAP), a technique that has its foundations in the disciplinary knowledge of forensic psychology.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Criminal behavior, Prediction of.
Criminal investigation -- Psychological aspects.
Violent offenders -- Psychology.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HV8073
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5
Book number
R534
2006
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Richard N. Kocsis ; foreword by George B. Palermo.